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Macedonia, Oh, Us

Macedonia, Oh, Us

Greensboro, North Carolina, Us

Project Manager/Scrum MasterProvided project management and currently performing scrum master role for an Electronic Data Warehouse initiative for a global business with $2.7B in revenue and 300+ users domestically and internationally to improve reporting and analytics capability.• Led a team of 30+ consultants and internal resources with waterfall methodology to define the project plan, delivery method and testing plan to lift and shift existing SQL data sets to Snowflake.• Leading a team of 20+ consultants and internal resources within a scrum framework to deliver on-going work based on an enterprise-wide prioritized backlog.Provided project management for a corporate company code creation project that produced $8M annual tax savings for a business with $2.7B in revenue and 500+ users.• Led a team of 61 domestic and international users and IT technical resources to create three new corporate company codes.• Produced a repeatable, documented project plan for future company code creations.

East Cleveland, Oh, Us

Project Manager for a Programmable Process Automation (PPA) project for a US business with $600M in revenue and 400+ users domestically and internationally.• Lead a team of three outsourced developers and three end users to define scope, responsibilities, testing plan and timeline to create five Python-based PPA bots for the five largest customers to screen scrape customer’s portals and update remittance and invoice status in SAP• Managed a budget of $60k• Regularly updated stakeholders on project status and risks• Implementation of the PPA bots reduced headcount in Accounts Receivable department by twoProject Manager for an SAP Concur implementation/migration for a business with $650M in revenue and 400+ users domestically and internationally.• Lead a team of 20+ cross functional employees domestically and internationally to define scope, organizational structure, organizational responsibilities; determine travel agencies, complete data migration and testing• Self-taught SAP Concur configuration and trained user administrators on roles and responsibilities• Regularly updated stakeholders on project status, risks and metric tracking via Smartsheet dashboardProject Manager for a One Source (Sabrix) Indirect Tax Determination implementation for a business with $650M in revenue and 400+ users.• Lead a team of 10+ cross functional employees to define scope, responsibilities, testing plan and timeline• Regularly updated stakeholders on project status, risks, and metric tracking• Managed a budget of $62kProject Manager for an SAP separation project for a business with $650M in revenue, 200+ users and 7 sites.• Lead a team of 10+ technical employees to define scope, complete development and testing• Regularly updated management/stakeholders on project progress, risks and metric tracking

Boston, Ma, Us

Project Manager for an SAP divestiture project for a US business with $350M in revenue, 200+ users and 8 sites.• Lead a team of 15+ cross functional employees to define scope, complete configuration, test, and define data migration strategy• Regularly updated management/stakeholders on project progress, risks and metric tracking via Smartsheet dashboard• Lead a team of 8 technical and function leads to define testing scope and organize 200+ testers to complete 400+ tests• Lead a team of 15 technical and functional leads in a team-of-teams approach to develop and execute an 800+ line cut over planProject Manager for an SAP divestiture project for European and US businesses with $450M in revenue, 250+ users and 7 sites.• Lead a team of 20+ cross functional employees to define scope, complete configuration, test, and define data migration strategy• Lead two teams of 24 technical and functional leads in a team-of-teams approach to develop and execute two 850+ line cut over plans • Regularly updated upper management/stakeholders on project status, risks and metric tracking via Smartsheet dashboardOverall Cutover Lead & RtR Execution Lead for a US business with $800M in revenue, 400+ users and 12+ sites.• Lead a group of 12 technical and functional leads in a team-of- teams approach to develop and execute a 2,000+ line cut over plan• Organized and lead the hyper care war room• Daily updated management on cut over progress, risks and metric trackingProject Manager for an SAP implementation in Poland for a business with $7M in revenue, 25+ users and one site.• Lead a team of 20+ cross functional employees, to define scope, complete configuration, test, define data migration strategy, develop cut over plan, define hyper care and transition to operations support• Managed a budget of $50k• Regularly updated upper management/stakeholders on progress and risks

Boston, Ma, Us

Cut over lead for an SAP implementation for a business that totaled $550M in revenue, 1000+ users and 9 sites. This included leading a group of 12 to execute a 3,000+ line cut over plan.Planned and managed the data conversion portions of multiple SAP implementations totaling $650M in revenue, 1200+ users and 20+ sites. • Followed the load early/load often methodology to drive improved data quality• Managed an outsourced group of 8-18 data professionals• Managed a budget up to $3M annually• Trained data stewards across all functions on mapping, cleansing and reconciliation processes

Boston, Ma, Us

Responsible for converting all in-scope FICO master and transactional data for a business that totaled $600M+ in revenue, 750+ users and 15+ sites• Managed an outsourced group of 4 data professionals• Followed the load early/load often methodology to drive improved data quality• Trained finance data stewards on mapping, cleansing and reconciliation processes• Led two SWAT teams to address problems with GL Balances and inventory quantity

Mayfield Heights, Oh, Us

CO lead for Record to Report during re-implementation from 4.6c to ECC 6.0 with EHP5 for a European business that totaled $450M+ in revenue, 500+ users and 15+ sites. Dedicated to all phase of re-implementation including requirements gathering, design, build, and testing.• Primary lead for cost center design, functionality area design, valuation class, design, cost elements (primary and secondary)• Secondary lead for profit center design, segment design, activity price development, allocation cycle design/build• Configured material ledger to include actual costing• Configured all standard costing• Configured cost center accounting• Configured automatic account determination• Configured costing sheet• Configured plant maintenance orders• Wrote and presented training on material ledger and actual costing• Provided post launch support• Provided super user support and trainingAs the Acting FICO lead performed the following activities:• Responsible for optimization project plan and resource allocation• Responsible for RtR release gate reviews• Managed an outsourced operations support group of 3

Van Buren Township, Mi, Us

Finance business lead on all projects for a business that totaled $10B+ in revenue, 300+ users and 5+sites• Worked with the outsourced technical group to define project requirements, performed testing and trained end users • Projects included implementing archiving and implementing vendor consignment process.• Primary contact for end user FICO support, problem analysis and problem resolution. For business process issues, resolution included organizing and leading a small group of users. For technical issues, resolution included working with outsourced technical group, defining the problem, testing the solution and training users.• Responsible for maintaining and inputting FICO master data including cost centers, profit centers, banking information, house bank information, general ledger accounts, and cost elements

Gillingham, United Kingdom, Gb

CO technical lead for five SAP implementations across multiple business totaling $5B+ in revenue, 2500+ users and 20+ sites• Completed configuration requirements for CO• Wrote functional specifications for new reports• Wrote test scripts for integration and cycle testing• Ran future state/current state workshops for product costing• Trained power users and end-users on the following courses: FICO Overview, Product Costing, Finance for Plant Analysts, Product Cost for Cost Estimators, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting• Wrote end-user procedures• Updated report writer custom reports as new general ledger accounts were added to the chart of accounts• Provided on-site support during go-live periods (US, Canada)• Provided production support and resolved end-user cases

Gillingham, United Kingdom, Gb

Product cost super user for a business that totaled $4B+ in revenue, 1500+ users and 15+ sites• Wrote SAP cost department procedures• Trained co-workers on SAP and standard costing.• Monitored outside accounts payable service properly matched and cleared material receipts.• Verified outside accounts payable service properly recorded payments to proper general ledger clearing account.• Verified outside accounts payable service correctly calculated and posted to general ledger vendor retro payments.• Verified material valuation classes were consistent with vendor master data.• Coordinated with accounts receivable to identify and eliminate blocked billings.• Ensured month-end variance and settlement job completed properly.• Provided variance explanations.• Completed all costing runs.• Completed month-end journal vouchers.• Completed account reconciliations.• Participated in annual physical inventory count as an auditor.• Ensured approved internal transfer prices were input into SAP correctly and standard cost estimates were updated appropriately.• Performed integration and cycle testing for SAP upgrade from 3.1 to 4.6c

Msf, Finance

Bsba, Accounting